To all the young people out there...Stay In School Jerry Aragon humordoctormd email; humordoctor@aol.com Main Street Humor Clinic/Writing Section |
.Good Planning/Organization = Success! |
* * * I consider myself an organized person now. but it wasn't always that way. But, I got tired of arguments with people; couldn't find things I wanted; late for work, trouble making deadlines at work, and the soap opra went on and on. And, now I'm better organized, and I like it that way. That's another reason why I think I get more ideas, because the stress and frustration level is down. I know where to find things when I need them, and I can move along quickly to get the job done. When I put my home office together, I didn't want a desk...too bulky... no flexibility...a pain in the butt! Instead, I chose to use the folding tables. I have three 6 footers and one 4 footer in my home office, and I couldn't be more pleased When I need a table(s) for a social function, or other use, I remove everything from the top, fold it up and away it goes. After it's used for something else, it comes back to my home office. (You can't do that with a desk) I bought several square landscaping stones, to build a shelf on top of the tables. By standing the square stones on their edge, I then placed a piece of particle board (about 4 feet long) on top and gluing it all together. Each of them on top of each table were painted a different color, and look nice.. This makes for good organization, because I have a lot of things on top of this shelving such as lamp; tissue box; pencil/pen turn-table; tray mail box and so forth. This gives me space below for other things for horizontal trays (phone books); vertical folder holders (I like that) and I generally have more work space. I keep paper clips; rubber bands; staples, etc., in one of those plastic boxes with the little drawers. I have two cardboard boxes, with the drawers, which are bought at the store, put together, and reinforced them with packing tape. I have both of them under the tables. Envelopes, ribbon, and assorted junk are current residents in these two boxes. Easy to move and clean. One of the most important things in the work place is organization! Boy, I've seen some real dumps, they call offices in my day. |
"A place for everything...and everything in its place" Whether it be around the home or the workplace, I believe two of the most important things in life are good planning and being organized. |
Late for everything: I have a sister and brother-in-law who are always late for everything. They were even late for their own wedding! Family members knew that if they would be invited to a function of any kind...set the time 30 minutes early, and if this was done, they would arrive on time. This is really frustrating to deal with people like this. All of us are late, on occastion, to functions, company meetings, etc., but this couple was late for everything. And, I think for a lot of people who have this problem, stems from being dis-organized! These people can't seem to get their lives in order...they can't find anything, they are poor planners, and they make everybody else's life miserable because of their short-comings. * * * My ex-wife was a supervisor in the State Human Services Department, and the number one reason why she fired people, was because they were late for work all the time ...late for meetings...late for company functions...late for everything! This behavior has to come. in my view, from not being organized. |
To all the young people out there...Stay In School Jerry Aragon humordoctormd email; humordoctor@aol.com Main Street Humor Clinic/Writing Section |
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